Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-04

ne from ago 10 age, and passion leads nbby
the hand. Evil have dono, and with sorTos
have made acquaintance from age to ags,
and from age 70 age evil ! shall do and sor-
row shall know till my redemption comes"
Drawn by some magnetic force which I
could NOT resist, l let my eyes rest upon her
shining orha, and felt current pass from
them TO mo that bowidered and half blinded
me.
She laughed-ah, how musicallyl and
nodded hor little head at me with an air of
sublimated coquetry that would have done
credit to Venus Victrix.
"Rash man." she said; 'lllsa Act@on, thou
hast had thy viii; be careful lest, like Acteon,
thou TOO dost perish miserably, torn 10 pieces
by tho ban-hounds of thine own passion too,
oh Holly, am a virgin goddess, not to be
moved Of any man, save one, and 1t Is not
thou. Say, hast thou seen enoughP
u have looked ON beauty, and am
blinded" said, hoarsely, lifting my hand TO
cover up my eyes.
"Sol what did tell theei BeSuty Is like
tho lightning; 1t Is lovely, but ii destroys
especially trees, oh Holly"
Suddenly she paused, and through my
fingers saw an awful change como over her
countenance. Her great eyes suddenly fixed
themselves into an expression in which hor-
ror seemed to struggle with some tremendous
hope arising through the depths Of her dark
soul. The lovely face grew rigid, and tho
gracious, willowy form seemed TO erect itself.
"Man," she half whispered, half Kissed,
throwing back bor head like snake about to
strike-"man, where didst thou get that scar
alb ON thy handl Speak, or by the Spirit of
Life will blast thee where thou standest!" and
she took one light step toward me, and from
her eyes there shone such an awful light
10 me II seemed almost like fame-that
fell, then and there, on the ground before her.
babbling eonfusedly in my terror.
"There," she said, with sudden change of
manner, and speaking in her former soft
voice, II did alright thee Forgive me- But
at tim $, oh Holly, the almost infinite mind
grows impatient of tho slowness of the very
finite, and am tempted to use my power
out of sheer vexation. Very nearly vast
thou dead, but / remembered. But the
scarab-about the scarabeusn
IL picked 1t up" gurgled, feebly, as got
ON to my feet again-and it is q solemn fact
that my mind was so disturbed that at the
moment could remember nothing else about
tho ring except that picked it up in Leo's
| cave
1T Is very strange" sho said, with asudden
access of womanlike trembling and agitation
that seemed out of place in this awful woman,
slut once knew scarab like that. It.
hung round the neck--of one l loved;" and
she gavo little sob, and saw that after all
she was only woman, although she might
be very old one.
"There," she went on, "it must be one like
It, Also In old Egypt many there were who
bore tho name Of the Royal Son Of Ra. The
scarab that knew was not set thus in the
bezel Of q ring Go now, Holly, go, and IL
thou canst, try to forget that thou hast looked
upon Ayeshas beauty" and turning from
me, she flung herself on her couch and buried
her face in the cushions
As for me, stumbled from her presence,
and do not remember how reached my own
cave. .-
To be Continued